Question

An epitaph dated to this dynasty’s control of Namāra honors the “king of the Arabs,” a Naṣrid phylarch (“FY-lark”) who defected [emphasize] to this dynasty before it lost Amida. (-5[1])This dynasty sent gifts to Mirian III after an eclipse and dispatched the ambassador Theophilos the Indian. A Heraclian ruler who took a regnal name from this earlier dynasty lost the Battle of the Masts to Mu‘āwiya I (-5[1])(“moo-AH-wee-yuh the first”). Magnentius killed a possibly gay member of this dynasty (-5[1])who escaped a massacre of its princes, like Gallus and a later ruler who died at Samarra after a failed assault on (-5[1])Ctesiphon (10[1])(“k’TESS-ih-fon”). This dynasty’s Illyrian (-5[1])(“ill-LEER-ian”) founder, who defeated (-5[1])Carausius (“kuh-RAO-zee-us”) and was called “green” or “Chlorus,” (10[1])served as (-5[1])augustus (10[3])with Galerius. (10[2])In 363, Jovian briefly succeeded this dynasty’s last ruler, Julian. (-5[1])For 10 points, what dynasty’s eponymous emperor defeated the (-5[1])rival tetrarchs Maxentius (10[1])and Licinius (10[5]0[1])■END■ (10[7]0[6])

ANSWER: Constantinian dynasty [or Constantinians; or descriptions of the family of Constantine the Great, Constantine I, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Konstantinos I, Constantius Chlorus, Constantius I, or Flavius Valerius Constantius; accept Neo-Flavian dynasty; reject “Flavian dynasty”] (Clues include the Lakhmid Imru’ al-Qays, Constans II, Constans, and Constantius II, from accounts by Ammianus Marcellinus, Philostorgius, and Zosimus.)
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Jacky XuCornell ATexas27-5
Ben SterlingYale BFlorida65-5
Charles HangWUSTL AStanford74-5
John MarvinChicago BMinnesota A96-5
Sam BakerMcGillChicago D9710
Chris SimsNorthwesternJohns Hopkins100-5
Jakob MyersIndianaChicago A103-5
James McCurleyHarvardVanderbilt11010
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AToronto A112-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley AGeorgia Tech11310
Cory SmithKentuckyTruman State11310
Justin WytmarIllinoisMichigan11310
Adrian WongOttawaDuke11510
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina APurdue11510
Cooper RohColumbia AWaterloo125-5
Lexi TermanRutgersPenn134-5
Jason HongBrownNYU13710
Dennis ReppenChicago CMinnesota B13910
Dean Ah NowClaremont CollegesToronto B13910
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina13910
Andrew HannaPennRutgers1390
Mattias EhatammWaterlooColumbia A13910
Sky LiToronto AYale A13910
Sarod NoriCornell BBerkeley B1400
Ryan SunBerkeley BCornell B1400
John John GrogerColumbia BArizona State14010
Jaik HavlickArizona StateColumbia B1400
Graham CopeFloridaYale B1400
Matt JacksonChicago AIndiana14010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMaryland14010
Isaac MammelMarylandIowa State1400
Jonathan LauJohns HopkinsNorthwestern14010
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago B1400
Allan LeeStanfordWUSTL A14010
Chinmay MurthyTexasCornell A14010
Joseph ChambersVirginiaWUSTL B14010